Following recent criticism of its immigration practices, the UK has announced a new education partnership with India. This is a huge step for both countries, as their relationship has hinged heavily on education exports in recent years. The New York Times looks more into this Britain and India education partnership.
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced the new Britain and India Education partnership while in India for a British Trade Mission.
He reiterated that there is no limit to the number of Indian students that can come study in Britain and that there will be job opportunities for them, something which they had been criticized for earlier. Universities UK, an advocacy group for British universities, praised the partnership.
Some of the bigger parts of the plan involve the use of Britain’s Massive open online courses (MOOCs), as well as free content from British universities and the British Library.
Other new initiatives include a training program by the British Council, which will produce 1.5 million teachers in India by 2017,a partnership between Cambridge and the Indian government to establish a Center for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, and scholarships by the London School of Economics for Postgrad Indian students.
A full list of the agreements between the two countries can be found here.
This Britain and India education partnership means many more opportunities in both India and the UK for Indian students and should serve to greatly change the landscape of education in both countries.
So, can we expect better job Opportunities in UK?
Though UK has many good schools, the only problem which I got to know from other sources about UK was, that usually the companies dont hire international students.
Hi Kunal, Well the post above has nothing to do with the post study job opportunities in UK. There are many schemes offered by UK Govt. for international students for employability. A few changes may come into practice April 2013 onwards. As of now you can check for the Tier 2 regulations. This provision is for fresh graduates who get sponsored by their employer. For details you can check UK Council for International Student Affairs web page:http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/working_after.php#tier_two_questions
Hope this offers you with some clarity.
Dear Friends
We still don’t know what changes going to come in (UK) student immigration policies and there is still uncertainty and those students who is looking step forward to come with certain expectation and future benefits?
Raj